"born in Austrian Innsbruck, he became the most significant sculptor of the Czech Baroque period, whose probably the most famous sculptures are allegories of Virtues and Vices situated at the Kuks Hospital. Unfortunatelly, so many coffins were found in the tomb in 1902 that the coffin of the noted sculptor Braun could not be detected. On 29 August 1849, there was a wedding of the Czech classical music composer Antonín Dvořák, the author of the worldwide famous symphony From the New World, a successful opera Rusalka, and also a small piano work Humoresque. After this his son-in law, a composer"
"his contemporaries for their solidity of texture and their sensitive treatment of the text as well as for their chromaticism. His instrumental music includes trio and quartet sonatas, sinfonias and partitas, mostly for strings and continuo; some of them were clearly intended for orchestral use. Among his sacred works we find some 65 masses, 29 psalms and 5 settings of the ""Stabat Mater."" František Tůma František Ignác Antonín Tůma (Kostelec nad Orlicí, Bohemia, 2 October 1704 – Vienna, 30 January 1774) was an important Czech composer of the Baroque era. Born in Kostelec nad Orlici, Bohemia, he lived the greater"
"his honour, as is the main-belt asteroid 1815 Beethoven. Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (; ; baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Classical music, he remains one of the most recognised and influential of all composers. His best-known compositions include 9 symphonies; 5 piano concertos; 1 violin concerto; 32 piano sonatas; 16 string quartets; a mass, the ""Missa solemnis""; and an opera, ""Fidelio"". Beethoven was born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of the"
"Otakar Ostrčil Otakar Ostrčil (25 February 1879 in Prague – 20 August 1935 in Prague) was a Czech composer and conductor. He is noted for symphonic works ""Impromptu"", ""Suite in C Minor"", and ""Symfonietta"", and in his opera compositions ""Poupě"" and ""Honzovo království"". Ostrčil was born, and spent his entire life, in Prague, the center of the Czech musical community of his generation. He studied philosophy at Charles University, attending the classes of Otakar Hostinský, and simultaneously studied composition and music theory privately under Zdeněk Fibich. From his early student days he was a close friend of Zdeněk Nejedlý, whose"
"Symphony No. 7 in D minor of 1885, Op. 70. Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, is characterized by a warmer and more optimistic tone. Karl Schumann (in booklet notes for a recording of all the symphonies by Rafael Kubelík) compares it to the works of Gustav Mahler. Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, is also known by its subtitle, ""From the New World"", or as the ""New World Symphony"". Dvořák wrote it between January and May 1893, while he was in New York. At the time of its first performance, he claimed that he used"
"along with several other unusual works for brass instruments. Johann Baptist Georg Neruda Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (Czech: """", – ) was a classical Czech composer. Relative to other composers of the Classical music era Neruda is little known, and his dates of birth and death (taken from the ""Grove Dictionary"") are only approximations. He was born in Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic, to a well-respected musical family. After spending his earlier years gaining a good reputation as a violinist and conductor in Prague and Germany, Neruda became ""Konzertmeister"" of the Dresden court orchestra. His compositional output includes"
"of Prague, led by the young pedagogue and microtonal composer Alois Hába; in a climate increasingly unsympathetic to modernist exploration, the conductor was hailed as a hero. His untimely death in 1935, at the height of his career, was a bitter blow to the community, and for the remainder of the democratic era (to 1938) his achievements were continually rhapsodized in print. Otakar Ostrčil Otakar Ostrčil (25 February 1879 in Prague – 20 August 1935 in Prague) was a Czech composer and conductor. He is noted for symphonic works ""Impromptu"", ""Suite in C Minor"", and ""Symfonietta"", and in his opera"
"health while creating a polished and virtuosic ensemble. He left in 1891 to found the Chicago Symphony, taking thirteen Philharmonic musicians with him. Another celebrated conductor, Anton Seidl, followed Thomas on the Philharmonic podium, serving until 1898. Seidl, who had served as Wagner's assistant, was a renowned conductor of the composer's works; Seidl's romantic interpretations inspired both adulation and controversy. During his tenure, the Philharmonic enjoyed a period of unprecedented success and prosperity and performed its first world premiere written by a world-renowned composer in the United States – Antonín Dvořák's Ninth Symphony ""From the New World"". Seidl's sudden death"
"Czech soprano Eva Urbanová. It later presented the annual Dvořák Day Concerts featuring both American and Czech artists. The first concert, on September 13, 1997, was in conjunction with the dedication of the Dvořák Statue in Stuyvesant Square Park. Featured was a performance of the Symphony No. 9, “From the new world,” in St. George's Church, across the park from where it was composed at 327 E. 17th Street. The event also featured violinist Josef Suk, Dvořák's great-grandson, performing Dvořák's Sonatina for Violin and Piano, also composed in the 17th St. house. Among the many honored guests were members of"
"Americans would find their own national style of music. Here Dvořák met Harry Burleigh, who later became one of the earliest African-American composers. Burleigh introduced Dvořák to traditional American spirituals. In the winter and spring of 1893, Dvořák was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic to write Symphony No.9, ""From the New World"", which was premiered under the baton of Anton Seidl, to tumultuous applause. Clapham writes that ""without question this was one of the greatest triumphs, and very possibly the greatest triumph of all that Dvořák experienced"" in his life, and when the Symphony was published it was ""seized"
"Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (; ; baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Classical music, he remains one of the most recognised and influential of all composers. His best-known compositions include 9 symphonies; 5 piano concertos; 1 violin concerto; 32 piano sonatas; 16 string quartets; a mass, the ""Missa solemnis""; and an opera, ""Fidelio"". Beethoven was born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of the Holy Roman Empire. He displayed his musical talents at"
"Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czech composer, one of the first to achieve worldwide recognition. Following the Romantic-era nationalist example of his predecessor Bedřich Smetana, Dvořák frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák's own style has been described as ""the fullest recreation of a national idiom with that of the symphonic tradition, absorbing folk influences and finding effective ways of using them"". Dvořák displayed his musical gifts at an early age, being an apt violin student from age"
"Tomáš Svoboda (composer) Tomáš Svoboda (born December 6, 1939) is a Czech-American contemporary classical composer and pianist, whose debut took place in Prague, Czechoslovakia on September 7, 1957, with the world premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (""Of Nature"") with the FOK Prague Symphony conducted by Václav Smetáček. Svoboda's catalog contains over 200 compositions, including 6 symphonies, 5 concerti. His music is performed worldwide and recordings of more than 50 works have now been released. Svoboda's Piano Trios CD recording received a 2001 ""Critics Choice Award"" from the American Record Guide and his Marimba Concerto received recognition in a 2003"
"Erwin Schulhoff. Julius Schulhoff Julius Schulhoff (Julius Šulhov) (2 August 182515 March 1898) was a Bohemian pianist and composer of Jewish birth. As a composer, he was best known for his virtuosic salon pieces for solo piano, which included a grand sonata in F minor, twelve études, and various caprices, impromptus, waltzes, and mazurkas. Schulhoff was born in Prague, where he began studying piano with Kisch and Ignaz Amadeus Tedesco and also trained in music theory with Václav Tomášek. He made his debut at Dresden in 1842 and soon afterwards appeared at the Leipzig Gewandhaus. Moving to Paris shortly afterwards,"
"with organ, ""De Profundis"" (op. 67, 1941) and ""Svatováclavský triptych"" (Saint Wenceslas triptych, op. 70, 1942) and the ""Májová symfonie"" (May Symphony, op. 73, dedicated to Stalin as liberator of the Czechs and premiered after the war in 1945) demonstrate these sentiments. In his remaining years he was primarily engaged with choral works based on South-Bohemian folksong. Vítězslav Novák Vítězslav Novák (5 December 1870 – 18 July 1949) was a Czech composer and pedagogue. Stylistically, he was part of the neoromantic tradition, and his music has been occasionally considered an early example of Czech modernism. Novák (baptized Viktor Novák) was"
"numerous other composers. In 1823-24, like Schubert, he was one of the 50 composers to contribute a variation on the same waltz by Anton Diabelli for the ""Vaterländischer Künstlerverein"" on which Beethoven composed his 33 variations (Op. 120). Jan Václav Voříšek Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek (; ""Johann Hugo Worzischek"", 11 May 1791, Vamberk, Bohemia – 19 November 1825, Vienna, Austria) was a Czech composer, pianist and organist. Voříšek was born in the town of Vamberk, Bohemia, where his father was schoolmaster, choirmaster and organist. As a child prodigy, he started to perform publicly in Bohemian towns at the age of"
"the first performance in Czechoslovakia of Debussy's opera ""Pelléas et Mélisande"", and new works by Vítězslav Novák and Otakar Ostrčil. He also taught conducting at the Brno Conservatory from its founding in 1919 until his death in 1929, aged 54. His students included Zdeněk Chalabala and Břetislav Bakala, who conducted the premiere of ""From the House of the Dead"" in 1930, after Neumann's death. Neumann's own works include eleven operas, two ballets, two cantatas, a Moravian Rhapsody, a Piano Trio, an Octet, and many other works. František Neumann František Neumann (16 June 187425 February 1929) was a Czech conductor and"
"the Philharmonic enjoyed a period of unprecedented success and prosperity. Under his baton the orchestra played for the first time in Carnegie Hall on 18 November in 1892. While in New York, he conducted the world premiere of Antonín Dvořák's ""Symphony No. 9, ""From the New World"""", which greatly influenced the direction of American classical music. Dvořák had added that subtitle to the title page of his autograph score in Carnegie Hall just before turning it over to Seidl. He also had a significant role in the genesis of Edvard Grieg's ""Lyric Suite"". It started as Seidl's orchestrations of four"
"Grammy Award nomination for the Oregon Symphony. Svoboda was born in Paris, France. A Professor Emeritus from Portland State University, Mr. Svoboda composed his first music at age nine. He was a professor at PSU for 27 years. There have been over 1,200 performances of his music. Tomáš Svoboda (composer) Tomáš Svoboda (born December 6, 1939) is a Czech-American contemporary classical composer and pianist, whose debut took place in Prague, Czechoslovakia on September 7, 1957, with the world premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (""Of Nature"") with the FOK Prague Symphony conducted by Václav Smetáček. Svoboda's catalog contains over 200"
"documentary by András Schiff and Mischa Scorer, and in a 2010 documentary realised by Angelo Bozzolini and Roberto Prosseda for Italian television. Notes Citations Bibliography Music scores Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin (; ; ; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose ""poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation."" Chopin was born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin in the Duchy of Warsaw and grew up"
"a trip to L'viv in the Ukraine in his capacity as a government official, he was arrested during the Polish invasion and imprisoned for six months. Much of his music remains neglected and in manuscript form in Austrian and Czech archives. František Adam Míča Jan Adam František Míča (born 11 January 1746 in Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou, Bohemia - died 19 March 1811 in Vienna) was a Bohemian composer, jurist, and nephew of the kapellmeister František Václav Míča. He was a prolific composer who produced numerous operas, symphonies, violin concertos, and eight string quartets. Míča grew up in Moravia and moved"
"He told Block, ""I am a bad pianist and my voice is raspy. Why should one eternalize it?"" Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( ; , ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893), was a Russian composer of the romantic period, whose works are among the most popular music in the classical repertoire. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally, bolstered by his appearances as a guest conductor in Europe and the United States. He was honored in 1884 by Emperor Alexander III, and awarded a lifetime pension. Although musically precocious, Tchaikovsky"
"ten years, it has since established itself in the repertoire. 1980 film Concert at the End of Summer is based on Dvořák's life. Dvořák was played by Josef Vinklář. 2012 television film The American Letters focuses on Dvořák's love life. Dvořák is played by . Asteroid 2055 Dvořák, discovered by Luboš Kohoutek is named in his honor. Professional wrestling stable Ringkampf (Progress, Westside Xtreme Wrestling) use Dvorak's New World Symphony as their entrance music. Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czech composer, one of the first to achieve worldwide"
"Johann Baptist Georg Neruda Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (Czech: """", – ) was a classical Czech composer. Relative to other composers of the Classical music era Neruda is little known, and his dates of birth and death (taken from the ""Grove Dictionary"") are only approximations. He was born in Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic, to a well-respected musical family. After spending his earlier years gaining a good reputation as a violinist and conductor in Prague and Germany, Neruda became ""Konzertmeister"" of the Dresden court orchestra. His compositional output includes eighteen symphonies, fourteen instrumental concertos (including a trumpet and"
"have been by Witold Rowicki, also with the London Symphony (Philips, 1970); the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra under Václav Neumann (Supraphon, 1987), the Berlin Philharmonic under Rafael Kubelík (DG, 1973); and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Neeme Järvi (Chandos, 1987). Symphony No. 1 (Dvořák) The Symphony No. 1 in C minor, B. 9, subtitled The Bells of Zlonice (), was composed by Antonín Dvořák during February and March 1865. The work is written in the early Romantic style, and was inspired by the works of Ludwig van Beethoven and Felix Mendelssohn. It was the only one of his symphonies that"
"Dalibor Cyril Vačkář Dalibor Cyril Vačkář (September 19, 1906 – October 21, 1984) was one of the most popular contemporary Czech composers, renowned throughout Czechoslovakia. Dalibor C. Vačkář was born on September 19, 1906, on the island of Korčula (Curzola) in the Adriatic, a son of Václav Vačkář (1881–1954), a musician who later became synonymous with Czech popular music, and Johanna Faltysová, an actress. Vačkář studied composition with Josef Suk (a pupil and son-in-law of Antonín Dvořák), and violin with Karel Hoffman at the Prague Conservatory, and graduated in 1931. His early compositions reflect the influence of his teacher Josef"
"František Martin Pecháček František Martin Pecháček, also ""Francis Martin Pechatschek, Pechaczek, Behatschek"" (10 November 1763 in Ústí nad Orlicí - 26 September 1816 in Vienna) was a Bohemian violinist, pedagog, arranger and diligent composer. His son Franz Pecháček became known as a virtuoso violinist and composer. The collections of the Municipal Museum in Usti nad Orlici contain two of his compositions, a piece for violin and orchestra entitled ""Rondeau brilliant"" and a concert duo for two violins, ""Polonaise."" František Pecháček was born in the back of a low category restaurant in Ústí nad Orlicí (Wildenschwert), later known as hotel Friml"
"his status above that of his contemporaries and successors. However, relatively few of Smetana's works are in the international repertory, and most foreign commentators tend to regard Antonín Dvořák as a more significant Czech composer. Bedřich Smetana, first named Friedrich Smetana, was born on 2 March 1824, in Litomyšl (German: Leitomischl), east of Prague near the traditional border between Bohemia and Moravia, then provinces of the Habsburg Empire. He was the third child, and first son, of František Smetana and his third wife Barbora Lynková. František had fathered eight children in two earlier marriages, five daughters surviving infancy; he and"
"Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (; ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. Stravinsky's compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity. He first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Serge Diaghilev and first performed in Paris by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: ""The Firebird"" (1910), ""Petrushka"" (1911), and ""The Rite of Spring"" (1913). The last of these transformed the way in which subsequent composers thought about rhythmic structure and was largely responsible for Stravinsky's enduring reputation as"
"Theatre and Performance. A full catalogue and details of access arrangements are available here. Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (; ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. Stravinsky's compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity. He first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Serge Diaghilev and first performed in Paris by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: ""The Firebird"" (1910), ""Petrushka"" (1911), and ""The Rite of Spring"" (1913). The last of these transformed the way in which subsequent"
"Bedřich Smetana Bedřich Smetana (; 2 March 1824 – 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style that became closely identified with his country's aspirations to independent statehood. He has been regarded in his homeland as the father of Czech music. Internationally he is best known for his opera ""The Bartered Bride"" and for the symphonic cycle ""Má vlast"" (""My Homeland""), which portrays the history, legends and landscape of the composer's native country and contains the famous symphonic poem ""The Moldau"". Smetana was naturally gifted as a composer, and gave his first public"
"works and composers can be introduced. TIMF has set up its own programming policy to honor contemporary era by finding the beauty of the works and introducing it to new and young audiences. The following is the result of the efforts made to do the finding. Leoš Janáček (Czech; 1854~1928) Edward Elgar (England; 1857~1934) Isaac Albéniz (Spain; 1860~1909) Gustav Mahler (Austria; 1860~1911) Claude Debussy (France; 1862~1918) Richard Strauss (Germany; 1864~1949) Alexander Scriabin (Russia; 1872~1915) Ralph Vaughan Williams (England; 1872~1958) Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russia; 1873~1943) Arnold Schoenberg (Austria; 1874~1951) Charles Ives (America; 1874~1954) Maurice Ravel (France; 1875~1937) Manuel de Falla (Spain; 1876~1946)"
"his organ-loft. Few of the composer's works are performed regularly today. His best known pieces are the ""Missa festival in honorem Sti Alberti Magni"", ""Missa pastoralis in honorem Jesu Infantis in Praga"" or ""A Notre-Dame du Chene"", and ""Tantum ergo sacramentum"", and ""Ave Maria"", and some other vocal compositions and very nice compositions for small chamber brass or string ensembles. Tichý's works include orchestral music, chamber music, piano music and songs. Otto Albert Tichý Otto Albert Tichý (August 14, 1890 – October 21, 1973) was a Czech composer, teacher and organist. Otto Albert Tichý was born in Martínkov, Moravia, in"